Delhi Police have busted an interstate cyber fraud gang and arrested four accused involved in cheating victims with fake part-time job offers shared via WhatsApp and Telegram, police said on Saturday.
The case came to light after a 32-year-old fashion design student from Subzi Mandi was duped out of Rs90,800.
Following her complaint, a special Cyber Police team from the North District launched a three-day operation across Haryana and Rajasthan, resulting in the arrest of four accused.
The complainant initially received a WhatsApp message offering a part-time job with attractive payouts. She was paid small sums for minor tasks and later added to a Telegram group. There, a woman contacted her, took her bank details, and assigned further tasks.
Encouraged by initial payments, the victim invested Rs5,000 to earn more but was then pressured to pay an additional Rs25,900 to release her earnings. Eventually, she transferred R90,800 before realizing it was a scam.
A case was registered at Cyber Police Station North, with ACP Ratan Pal overseeing investigations.
Technical analysis of over 100 mobile numbers and tracking of IMEIs led to raids covering 1,800 km across Haryana and Rajasthan.
On June 20, Anshul Kumar (20) and Sandeep (19) from Sonipat were arrested. Their interrogation led police to Jodhpur, where Rajender alias Raju (23) and Ravindra Beda alias Rakesh (20) were apprehended on June 22.
Investigations revealed that Anshul and Sandeep sold bank accounts to Raju and Rakesh, who then transferred them to another accused, Vijay Kumar alias Vicky Bishnoi.
The gang operated using Wi-Fi-connected devices without SIM cards, communicating solely through Telegram and WhatsApp to avoid detection. They used fake Telegram IDs, deleted chat histories, and converted scammed funds into cryptocurrency (USDT).
Police recovered four mobile phones, five SIM cards, and two bank passbooks. Several accounts linked to the fraud have been frozen, including ₹30,000 belonging to the complainant.
At least 15 similar complaints linked to these accounts have been reported across various districts and states.
